Romans 2:24

for through you the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

In Context

23Thou, that boastest in the law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?

25For circumcision indeed is profitable, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:7Wo will be to the world from such offenses; for it is of necessity that offenses come: but wo to that man by whom the offense cometh.

1 Timothy 6:1Let as many as are servants under the yoke account their own masters worthy of all honor; that the name of God and his doctrine may not be blasphemed:

Titus 2:8that he who opposeth it may be ashamed, having no evil to say of you.

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:18-29

The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest… Read the whole commentary →

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